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Presidential Retribution (Executive Watch)

Trump DOJ Targets California’s Anti-Trump Governor and a Prospective Democratic Presidential Candidate, Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom has accused Donald Trump of adding him and his wife to the presidential “hit list” of political enemies, and reporting confirms Newsom’s…
 • Executive Watch
Kash Patel’s Hunt for a ‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Against Trump Wrecked Careers and Turned Judges Against the Justice Department
FBI Director Kash Patel’s obsession with uncovering a “deep state” plot against Donald Trump has, over the past year, hardened into a defining feature…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Hands the Keys to National Intelligence to a Real Estate Loyalist With Zero Qualifications Except Digging Up Dirt on His Enemies
Donald Trump wasted no time finding a replacement to the director of national intelligence after Tulsi Gabbard resigned.
 • Executive Watch
Trump’s DOJ Opens Retaliatory Criminal Investigation Against E. Jean Carroll, Whose Civil Suits Won $88 Million in Damages Against Him
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into E.
 • Executive Watch
DHS Issues a Nationwide Alert Against a Comedian for Making a Parody ICE Snitch Site
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a “Be on the Lookout” (BOLO) alert—normally reserved for major suspects and threats—to law enforcement…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Yet Again Pushes FCC to Ignore the First Amendment and Punish ABC for Not Firing Jimmy Kimmel
Donald Trump already tried to fire Jimmy Kimmel once for making fun of him.
 • Executive Watch
Trump's New DOJ Lackeys' Bogus Indictment of James Comey Violates the First Amendment to Advance His Retribution Agenda
Donald Trump has had to burn through a lot of Justice Department officials because they wouldn’t set their reputations on fire to pursue a petty revenge…
 • Executive Watch
The DOJ Targets SPLC for Infiltrating White Nationalists and Helping FBI Do Its Job
A hallmark of the Trump administration is its tolerance of overt racists, so it seems fitting that they would now be prosecuting the Southern Poverty…
 • Executive Watch
FBI Targets the Reporter Who Exposed that Kash Patel's Girlfriend Was Obtaining Free Perks From the Agency
Donald Trump has been itching to make reporting itself into a crime, and now some of his minions at the FBI are inching toward finding the way to do it…
 • Executive Watch
The Administration Threatened the Pope With Dire Consequences if He Didn't Back Off His Criticism of Trump's Wars
The Trump administration’s professions of religious piety have always been repeated with greater vehemence than credibility, but it is still shocking to…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Threatens CNN for Allegedly Fake Reporting About His Iran Cave-In
Trump and his loyalist FCC Chairman Brendan Carr keep threatening to abuse their power to punish Trump’s political enemies.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Is Continuing to Weaponize the Justice System Against James Comey for Investigating Russian Election Interference
Donald Trump has suffered repeated setbacks in his attempts to gin up bogus federal prosecutions of his political enemies—but he keeps trying.
 • Executive Watch
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